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March 15, 1953

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Headlines from March 15, 1953

Allies Protest to Chuikov; BRITAIN WILL ARM PLANES FOR GAMES

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

BONN, Germany, March l4 -- The United States, British and French High Commissioners protested today in similarly worded notes to Gen. Vassili I. Chuikov, commander of Soviet forces in Germany, against the unprovoked attacks on three British planes within twelve hours.

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Notable Births

Frances Conroy

1953Frances Conroy, American actress[โ€ ]

Frances Hardman Conroy is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet Under (2001โ€“2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for playing the older version of Moira O'Hara in season one of the television anthology series American Horror Story, which garnered Conroy her first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination, and as well a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Conroy subsequently portrayed The Angel of Death, Myrtle Snow, Gloria Mott, Mama Polk, Bebe Babbitt, and Belle Noir on seven further seasons of the show: Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse, and Double Feature, respectively; this makes Conroy, along with Denis O'Hare, fourth among the actors who have appeared in most seasons of the show. For her performance in Coven, she was nominated again for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.

Historical Context for March 15, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[โ€ ]